What are some of the rules you will try when you are a teacher full time?
  • When I am a full time teacher some of my rules will be:
  • Respect yourself and one another
  • No eating or drinking unless directed otherwise
  • Raise your hand to talk, one person speaks at a time
  • No cell phones in my class!
  • Ask questions when you don't know something

  • How do you react to the definitions and guidelines for engaging students?
    • I think that to get kids to learn they must be engaged
    • Student engagement is very important and is essential to every class period

  • What strategies are you using to engage your students? To disengage your students?
    • To engage students: make material relevant to students, connect to real life, make lively and interesting, authentic investigations, be excited and know your material
    • To disengage students: use worksheets, have a low DOK, have them to fast or busy work that dosent require much thought, not identify to students why they are learning a particular topic